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Ubuntu LTS, with all my services in Docker containers.

I know Ubuntu gets a lot of (deserved) hate for some of the shit Canonical pulls, but for now, I like Ubuntu and it works for me.

When I rebuilt my server at the beginning of the month, I was gonna jump to Debian, but my god the Debian website is obtuse. After looking at the site and reading and trying to determine what to download to get the Debian with non-free (I’m unfortunately working with an NVIDIA card), I decided to go with Ubuntu. I needed a smooth rebuild process and with Ubuntu I know exactly what I’ll get when I download the LTS server.

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lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s always best to use whatever distro you’re most comfortable with. Especially if you’re going to install stuff in containers/VMs so the repos of the base distro don’t even matter that much.

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- harsh3466@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Exactly. Thats ultimately why I skipped Debian and went with Ubuntu
  
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krash@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I went with Ubuntu server and was pleasantly surprised when it offered to pull my pubkey off my github profile for ssh. A nice touch that I haven’t seen in other servers flavors of various distros.

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- harsh3466@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s pretty cool!
  
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BlueBockser@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

After looking at the site and trying to determine what to download to get Debian with non-free (I’m unfortunately working with an NVIDIA card)

FWIW, Debian now includes non-free firmware in the installation media by default and will install whatever is necessary.

I agree that the Debian website has its weaknesses, but beyond finding the right installer (usually netinst ISO a.k.a small installation image on www.debian.org/distrib/) there isn’t much of a learning curve. I started out with Ubuntu too, but finally decided that enough was enough when snap started breaking my stuff on desktop and haven’t looked back.

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- harsh3466@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The inclusion of non-free by default was what was unclear to me from the website. Knowing that now, I’ll likely give Debian a spin next time I need an install.
  
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